Injuring dozens during a siege that lasted hours before. The death toll is now 26. 00 those killed in the attack including somalis of different nationalities 3 of them were kenyans a canadian a brit 2 americans and 3 turns 56. 00 wounded in the attack. Going on among the victims was prominent somali canadian journalist lyon along she had gained hundreds of thousands of followers a new chub for her videos showcasing somalias hidden beauty she wanted to tell positive stories from our homeland which has suffered from years of civil war making it things hard also targeted were politicians and clan elders who were inside the hotel discussing a Regional Election due to be held next month. We are very much worried about the security. And we are. About what you call it so did. The big campaign al shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack in an area it was driven out from 7 years ago the african unions Multinational Force in somalia says it will continue to work to stabilize the country but
German Lender Deutsche Bank announces a massive restructuring. A fifth of its workforce face the axe, many in london. A masterpiece of human creative genius. High praise indeed from unesco for jodrell genius. High praise indeed from unesco forjodrell bank as it is awarded World Heritage status. Here at wimbledon its another manic monday, with britainsjohanna konta bidding to reach the quarter finals, along with 15 year old coco gauff, who faces her biggest challenge yet in former world number one simona halep. And it is only a chance of a shower at wimbledon today. Mostly dry, with at wimbledon today. Mostly dry, with afair bit at wimbledon today. Mostly dry, with a fair bit of sunshine. But we do have some rain across the northern half of the country. We will have more details about that and the sport later. It is monday 8july. Our top story President Trump has criticised britains ambassador in washington after e mails were leaked in which he called the white house dysfunctional and i
Is on the ground at the protests. Also coming up violent scenes outside georgias parliament in the capital tbilisi angry protesters tried to halt a russian lawmaker inside that building making an address. And deadlock over the use top job summit failing to agree on who should replace Commission President dog. And fill all other powerful top e. U. Positions. Plus hunting the Hidden Forces of the universe the worlds most advanced text telescope preparing to launch into space its mission to find the mysterious phenomenon known as dark energy and search for invisible objects. Im brian thomas thanks. So much for joining us. Heres our flooding the streets of hong kong at this hour in another round of demonstrations after leader kerry lamb ignored a deadline to withdraw a controversy 0 extradition bill activists are demanding that lam scrapped the proposed bill by thursday but these calls of that ignored they want lam to resign and release a number of government protesters detained last week
Down an american spy drone aircraft. And new protests in hong kong against the proposed extradition laws thousands are back on the streets after a deadline for protesters to withdraw that legislation is ignored activists say it is a power grab by Mainland China that would destroy hong kong Democratic Institutions speed up you saw on the ground at the protests. And in football the u. S. Cruising past leading into the world cups last 161 of the highlights. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us dozens of people have been injured in the join. In capital tbilisi after a night of clashes protesters tried to storm the Parliament Building when they heard a russian lawmaker was addressing that Assembly Georgia has no diplomatic relations with moscow and fought a short wall war with russia in 2008 heres more now on how those clashes unfolded. They started off peacefully enough and then canisters of tear gas rained down on protesters. All this because a russian politician visited the parl
Against a proposed extradition long thousands back on the streets after a deadline for protesters to withdraw the legislation is ignored activists say it is a power grab by Mainland China that would destroy hong kong Democratic Institutions d. W. Is on the ground at the protests. And in football the u. S. Cruises past sweden into the world cups last 16 we have thought. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us u. S. Media and an unnamed official in washington say the United States called off a planned operation to attack iranian targets that in retaliation for the downing of an. Navy drone the reports say American Forces were in position to strike a rainy and radar and missile batteries when the operation was called off ran in the u. S. Have offered conflicting accounts of where the Global Hawk Drone was shot down iran says it has evidence the drone violated a rein in airspace the u. S. Denies that the tensions have prompted Many Airlines to divert flights through that region. Mari